Improvement in handles of table-knives



J. A. WHITE.

HANDLE 0F TABLE KNIVES.

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Letters Patent No. 108,740, dated October 25, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT 'IN- HANDLES OF TABLE-KNIVES.

.The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

I, Jorm ALBERT Wnnrn, of Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, State ofPennsylvania, have invented an Improvement in Table-Knives, of which thefollowing is a specificatiom Nature and Object of the'Incention.

My invention consists of a table-knife, having the tang of its bladesecured to the handle by a cast-metal pin run into a hole in the saidtang, and into a larger hole or holes in the handle, all substantiallyas described hereafter, so that, whilc the said pin serves as a mediumfor securing the tang to the handle, the latter prevents thedisplacement of the pin.

Description of the Accompanying Drawing.

Figure 1 is a sectional view of the blade and handle as they appearprior to the completion of the knife by securing the said blade andhandle together.

Figure 2, a perspective 'vicw of the blade and handle detached from eachother.

Figure 3, an exterior edge view of the knife as it appears whencompleted. 7

Figure 4, a'sectional view of the completed knife.

Figure 5, a sectional perspective View on the line 1 2, fig. 4.

Figure 6, an enlarged sectional view of part of the handle and tang ofthe blade.

General Description.

A represents the blade, and

B, the handle of the knife, the handle having a slot, a, for receivingthe tang b of the blade.

The handle is reduced in size at its inner end (I, so

.as to form a projection, e, to which is cast the bolster D, the metalof the latter passing through holes fin the projection e of the handle,and-through a hole, It,

when the blade has been adjusted to its place in the slot of the handle,is concentric with a larger hole, 122', bored through the handle, acrossthe slot a ofthe same,

prior to the adjustment of thetang thereto.

When the tang is in its place, as shown in fig; 1, pour into the hole mmolten metal or alloy of a character usually employed in casting thebolsters of table-knives, this alloy being fusible at a low temperature,but being, when cool, as hard, or nearly as hard,

as German silver, and having the appearance of that.

alloy.

'lhe'hole in the handle being larger than that in the tang of the blade,the metal poured into the hole Wlll consist of a cast-metal pin, a, bestobserved in the en larged view, fig. 6, the tang being tightly embracedby i this pin round the hole i, so that it serves to secure the tang,while'the latter prevents all lateral displacement of the pin.

A bolster may be secured to the handle and tang by a similar cast-metalpin,and,in cheap knives which have no bolsters, la cast pin of thecharacter 'de scribed may be'used for securing the inner end of thehandles to the tang.

By the adoption of properly constructed molds, the

pin and the bolster may be cast simultaneously, ory the two pins may hethus cast at one operation, if no bolster is used.

0' lac'm.

'A table-knife in which the tang is secured to the handle by cast-metalpins fitting transverse openings extending through the handle, andsmaller openings in the tang, coinciding with those in the handle,substautiall y as set forth.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

-- JOHN ALBERT WHITE.

.Wituesses:

\VM. A. STEEL, F. B Rrormnns.

